Someone with a PhD about two weeks old, and not from the most prestigious institution at that, and a publication or two said to me, “I know you think you have caught a big fish by hiring me, so I am going to take the role of center forward here.” It was not the right … More What Not to Say At Work
Technically a tourist, I should be making pilgrimages to monuments I have never seen, like the Basilica of Guadalupe, or that I have not seen in decades, like Teotihuacan. What I really do is read books and newspapers in bad light while scribbling furiously. I do understand why some of my American friends would consider … More Tianguis de Cuauhtémoc
It is the weekend, so we must sing. This is Keb Mo’. No matter what they may say or do, the British are secretly squirming with envy of the United States because our land and songs are ever so much better than theirs. One analyst predicts a 1-1 draw in tomorrow’s game. Axé.
This music video could be good to use in class. I must teach Spanish literature from 1700 to 2010 soon, a topic about which I do not know enough to create a non-stiff survey. I usually teach it with a set of representative texts. I survive it, but I am not truly current in this … More Río Ebro
GP: 1) Global Peace Index, 2010 edition, launching today. 2) Global Petroleum Show and Conference, also launching today; in addition, “global partners” and other neoliberal euphemisms. 3) Good-looking paleface. The ultimate English translation of the Spanish phrases “güera preciosa,” “güerita rebuena,” and so on. Axé.
I visited the former Hacienda Santa María Regla in the state of Hidalgo and it amazed me. The property is now being turned into a hotel with a temescal in one of the old factory buildings. You can rent the entire place to hold your wedding. All I can find on it is tourist information, … More Hacienda Santa María Regla (Dissertation Topic [final en laguna])
I have seen reference made to the perils that afflict so many graduate students: anxiety, self-doubt, fear, paralysis, and shame. I have suffered from these things only since becoming a professor, and it has been due to harassment — and also, I see darkly, due to having ministered too kindly to people suffering from the … More A Question on Graduate School
It is the weekend, so we must sing, and this is Pasatono, the wonderful Mixtec string orchestra I discovered in Oaxaca de Juárez. Axé.
I really recommend the Museo Franz Mayer, which has existed since 1986 but where I had not been before. I recommend its collections, its cloister, its fountains, its patios, its café, and last but not least its working library. This is one of the important places to know about in Mexico City and it is … More Museo Franz Mayer
One of the reasons I come to Mexico is to go to the luxurious Cine Lumière Reforma and see new Latin American and international film. I was excited to get to see a recent Bolivian film but did not discover until the end that the director and some of the actors were in the audience. … More Zona Sur
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